Country Road, near Lytham

L.S. Lowry

R.B.A., R.A.

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Price Realized
£301,250 ($474,770)

Estimate
£150,000 - £250,000 ($238,500 - $397,500)

Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. (1887-1976)
Country Road, near Lytham
signed and dated 'L.S. LOWRY 1952' (lower right)
oil on canvas
20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61 cm.)

Provenance
with Lefevre Gallery, London, where purchased by the present owner in October 1977.

Literature
Exhibition catalogue, A Memorial Exhibition of Paintings & Drawings by L.S. Lowry R.A., London, Lefevre Gallery, 1976, no. 14, illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, L.S. Lowry, London, Royal Academy, 1976, p. 79, no. 195, as 'A Country Road', illustrated.
D. McLean, L.S. Lowry, London, 1978, p. 12, illustrated.

Exhibited Sunderland, Art Gallery, Arts Council of Great Britain, L.S. Lowry R.A. Retrospective Exhibition, August - September 1966, no. 71:
this exhibition travelled to Manchester, Whitworth Art Gallery, September - October 1966; Bristol, City Art Gallery, October - November 1966;
and London, Tate Gallery, November 1966 - January 1967.
London, Lefevre Gallery, A Memorial Exhibition of Paintings & Drawings by L.S. Lowry R.A., May - July 1976, no. 14.
London, Royal Academy, L.S. Lowry, September - November 1976, no. 195, as 'A Country Road'.

Lytham St Annes is a seaside town in the Borough of Fylde in Lancashire, England. Lytham St Annes is located on the Fylde coast, directly south of Blackpool on the Ribble Estuary.
The population at the 2011 census was 42,954.
The town is almost contiguous with Blackpool but is separated from it by Blackpool Airport.
The town is made up of the four areas of Lytham, Ansdell, Fairhaven and St Annes-on-Sea.
Lytham St Annes has four golf courses and links, the most notable being the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, which has hosted the Open Championship 11 times from 1926 until its most recent in 2012.
The Open brings a major influx of visitors, including the world's media.
Lytham St Annes is a reasonably affluent area with residents' earnings among the highest in the North of England